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What type of party typically acts as a safety valve, channeling discontent into conventional participation?

a. minor parties b. major parties c. majority parties d. party machines e. party conferences

John Thatcher has recently been selected as a judge by the governor of Missouri, which follows the Missouri Plan for selecting judges. At the next general election, John Thatcher can be expected to ________

A. continue as a judge B. be removed from office C. take part in a nonpartisan election for the position D. run in a noncompetitive retention election E. be elected as a judge in the state supreme court